Overview

• Writing System
• ISO-15924
• Numeral Digit System
• Latin
• LATN
• Western

Numbers

• ¼
• ½
• 1
• thihi
• 2
• -vhili [mbili]
• 3
• -raru [raru]
• 4
• -ṋa [iṋa]
• 5
• -ṱanu [ṱhanu]
• 6
• rathi (ṱhanu na nthihi)
• 7
• sumbe (ṱhanu na mbili)
• 8
• malo
• 9
• ṱahe
• 10
• fumi
• 20
• mahumi mamvhili (fumbili)
• 25
• mahumi mamvhili ṱhanu
• 50
• mahumi maṱanu (fuṱhanu)
• 100
• ḓana
• 200
• maḓana mavhili
• 500
• maḓana maṱanu
• 1000
• tshigidi
• 2000
• zwigidi zwivhili
• 5000
• zwigidi zwiṱanu

Grammar of Counting

• Adaptation of the Number to the Counted Noun
• Numbers 1-5 adopt the word class of the noun. There is also a substantive form (in square brackets) for abstract numbers.
• Adaptation of the Counted Noun to the Number
• Number 1 is followed by the noun in the singular word class, 2 and higher by the noun in the corresponding plural word class. Number and noun are connected by a word class dependent particle.
• Comments on the Grammar
• Flexion is done by prefixes.

Flexion of the Monetary Unit Names

• Name
• Singular (Word Class 3)
• Plural (Word Class 4)
• Cent
• senthe
• senthe
• Rand
• rannda
• rannda